On Aug. 29, 2021, American drone operators searched Kabul for the Islamic State bomber whom intelligence reports indicated was preparing to target masses of people trying to escape Afghanistan as U.S. forces withdrew from the country. The atmosphere was tense. Just three days earlier, another ISIS-K suicide bomber killed 13 U.S. service members and around 170 Afghans outside Kabul’s […]

Using school to indoctrinate children with “woke” liberal ideology is something that should be immediately disqualifying for someone wanting to work in education, both for pushing a toxic worldview on children and for actively sabotaging their educations. Glassbrook Elementary School is one school that needs to heed this warning and clean house. Nestled between Oakland […]

Robert Smalls is one of this country’s greatest heroes, yet most people have not heard of him. Living in relative anonymity compared to black history icons such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, Smalls’s contribution to American history should not go unnoticed. Born into slavery, Smalls became a soldier during the Civil War, a politician […]

In the age of democratic elections, it is extremely rare to see a political candidate command the support of more than 80% of an electorate as El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele did Sunday in the country’s presidential election. It’s an eye-popping result for an entirely free election that underscores the extent to which Bukele, in […]

When I started a housing advocacy group in Washington, D.C.’s educated, affluent, politically progressive northern Virginia suburbs, I hoped residents would be able to have a respectful civic dialogue about loosening zoning laws that make housing expensive. But by the time one of them challenged my city’s mayor to a fistfight, I knew that housing […]

After what has felt like months of gloomy news about stalled front lines, degrading support in Western capitals, and depleted ammunition, Ukraine had a decent week. In Brussels, the European Union finally convinced Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to get out of the way of a $54 billion, multiyear financial support package to the Ukrainian government, which […]

We cannot continue to let dysfunction on Capitol Hill and gridlock stand in the way of progress toward a safer transportation system for communities around the country.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), a key Senate Republican voice on national security and immigration issues, says that Democrats need to give Republicans a chance to amend the new border security deal or it will fail to muster enough votes to advance. Graham was an early proponent of linking border security reforms to funding for the...

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) slammed the bipartisan border deal unveiled by Senate negotiators Sunday night as “garbage.” “I am absolutely shocked that anyone is even considering this garbage package. And as you mentioned, Biden is going to be putting more pressure on the Senate and the House. Really going to the American people trying to...

Legal observers are growing increasingly worried that former President Trump’s criminal prosecution related to an allegedly lawless campaign to overturn the 2020 election could be delayed past November, which could help bolster his efforts to return to the Oval Office. Trump’s delay tactics are a well-worn strategy by the former president and his legal teams...